November 19, 2024

Feast of Saint Stanislaus April 11 Crucifix in Nowa Huta Church in Poland made by the steel workers in 1977

Saint Stanislaus
Bishop and Martyr
Born July 26, 1030
SzczepanówPoland
Died April 11, 1079 (aged 48)
Kraków, Poland
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Canonized September 17, 1253, Assisi, Italy by Pope Innocent IV
Major shrine Wawel Cathedral
Feast April 11, May 7 (Traditional Roman Catholics), May 8 (in Poland)
Attributes Episcopal insignia, sword, resurrected Piotr
Patronage Poland, Kraków, moral order